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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Prickly Pear Cactus, Sedona, Arizona – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Luminosity
Friday, March 26th, 2021
Luminosity, Poplar trees, Autumn on an otherwise dreary day near Taos, New Mexico – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Sunset, Yosemite
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Sunset, Yosemite National Forest CA, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb WC paper
Red Kangaroos and Wallabies
Sunday, February 28th, 2021
Red Kangaroos and Wallabies under a large Eucalyptus tree, Cleland Wildlife Park near Adelaide, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Summer Storm, Montana
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Summer Storm, Montana, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Bearded Dragon
Monday, February 8th, 2021
Bearded Dragon, City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.
Chinese Gardens, Singapore
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
Chinese Gardens, Singapore with Strangler Fig trees, Jurong Lake Gardens – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper
Petrified Forest
Sunday, January 24th, 2021
Crystal Forest Trail, Petrified Forest National Park, AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Silent reverence for geologic history, Petrified Forest National Park, Crystal Forest Trail AZ USA. Not a whole lot more to draw here! The land is barren except for desert grass and the odd tumbleweed. This was once a lush forest, and dinosaurs roamed here. It was February, but I bet this place looks the same in July. The silence was layered with dry grasses in the breeze, ravens’ calls, and my imagination.
I had never seen a tumbleweed up close before, so since I hadn’t seen any traffic or other people for about an hour, I hopped out of the car to take photos of one in the middle of the road before it blew away. Satisfied with the takes, I got up off the road and a bus was right there 25 ft. away, waiting for me to finish. I don’t know how long the bus was there, but was thankful the driver didn’t honk… and more thankful that he saw me.
Red Rock State Park, Denver CO
Friday, January 22nd, 2021
Red Rock State Park, Denver CO – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper.
Fruit Bats, Adelaide Australia
Monday, January 18th, 2021
Fruit Bats, Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
One of my most memorable and favorite experiences of all time was seeing what we initially thought were pinecones until they started moving – the thousands of fruit bats in the pine trees at Adelaide Botanic Gardens, located within the city limits. On a very hot summer day at sunset we sat and watched them fly low across the river, while skimming their bodies into the water, then fly back to a tree, settle on a branch and lick the water off their fur.
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